Something For The Sewing Room

I am on a roll with these little wall hangings made with the DS fabrics.

I am making a third one right now... out of Free Spirit fabrics.

There just might be a fourth one on the horizon...

I'm thinking some Quilt Soup fabrics. Maybe?

I think they would look good hanging in a sewing room.

It was a pattern in AP&Q. I made a little variation. With sashing/without sashing.

Straight borders, not half-square triangle borders like in the pattern.

They are just fun. When I get the next one finished I will be quilting them...

and then they will go out in the mail as gifts.

I turned this little holiday gem, "Flurry" over to Bear Paws Quilt's and More for a shop sample.

Which felt good... having finished something with the Christmas theme...

but really, I guess it's time to start thinking Fall.

A certain somebody reminded me of a birthday coming up.

When it's bday time... that means it's time to start thinking in terms of Autumn, cooler weather,

leaves turning color... aaah, that all sounds good but I am not ready to start baking yet...

it's going to be 100 plus this weekend!

Mosaic Monday

After I put the binding on my Flurry quilt, I got to wondering what number that quilt made of finished quilts for the year. Kim at Kim's Big Quilting Adventure offered a challenge this year to make/finish 11 quilts in 2011. I thought that was fair enough of a challenge. Fortunately I think that I am close. Unfortunately, I think that the rest is pretty much up to my longarm quilter!
Here is my list of "finished-so-far" in 2011
(that means quilted but does not count Schnibbles sized quilts)
1. Flurry/Kate Spain
2. Diamonds/Fig Tree
3. Dresden wedding
4. Picnic/Sweetwater
5. Picnic/Bliss


Here is a list of "finished-so-far" in 2011
but not quilted and in no particular order:

1. Picnic by Thimble Blossoms made with Verna
2. Butterfly quilt
3. Flying Geese/Comfort Stitching pattern
4. Gone To Market
5. Eventide
6. Sew Cherry
7. Union Jack/made with Quilt Soup fabric
8. Each Day is a Gift
9. Amelia
10. Fat Quarter Shop Mystery BOM 2008

So, now that I look this over... it looks like my longarm quilter will
be able to afford a very nice Christmas!
And I will be hunting the sale
racks for backing fabrics!

Work Time vs.Play Time

I managed a little play time.
Do you recognize this fun little project from
APQ mag? The one that has Sherri's (A Quilting Life)
hexagon purse project in it.
I love the way this is turning out... I might have to make more than one of these wall hangings!

But that's it, in between the otherwise routine week.

Now I just have some binding to do.

And finish up my Santa Swap project for this month.

Looks like these guys are going to be getting in some last minute camping this weekend.
Yes, camping with the horses! That is what is so hard about living in a resort area...
you become painfully aware of
everyone else starting their vacation weekends... while you are still
doing the regular old stuff!
Which makes it tempting to just run off during lunch time...
and forget about going back to work.
No... I wouldn't really do that....
(wink)

Checklist: Checked!

So now, as I was saying... my last weekend accomplishments:

I might add that these got accomplished while I was having refrigerator issues!
It was like house camping. Ice chests full of food I was trying to selvage.
Each day running to buy more ice to keep things cold.
Iye yie yie!
Fortunately we had friends over for dinner on Sunday t help us eat all the
food that we needed to cook-up!
I did mention how August is giving me more challenges that I want, didn't I?

I am so excited to get this puppy finished! Well, at least my part is finished.

I will let the longarm quilter do her magic on it.

It was a pattern by Nathalia at Piece n Quilt.

I left the period off after the word gift... but I am planning on putting a button there.

I also finished up my Amelia quilt with a pattern from Me and My Sister

called 10, 11, 12.
This was number 12.

Creative system for numbering. LOL.

Now, it is off to hang as a shop sample... but maybe after that, like in about 7 months, there will

be a little baby girl (?) that might need it!

Don't worry I have back up plans for a little boy grand-baby!

I had to share this cutie pie with you. My co-worker made a version of Yoyoville.
She changed it up a bit and also decided not to have yoyo's in all of the rows.
I just love it and the Lakehouse green background fabric she used too!